Guest DT Member Liz - Post 4

Hello Friends,

I hope your January has been fabulous. I had such a great time as Guest DT this month..

I am looking forward to more of you joining my card challenge posted January 1st. If you have not yet posted your project, please do.   Click ~Here~ for Challenge.

I created a few cards to show you how fun unconventional card sizes can make terrific letters and small notes. I sometimes have something more than just an A2 standard greeting card can hold. I'm sure you all have had this happen. I took some 8.5 x 11 cardstock and trimed them to make great 5 x 5 cards and standard size 10 envelope sized cards. I bought a box of white CD covers for my 5x5 cards, and a large box of 25 letter size envelopes and got started.

Here are just a few of the samples I've come up with for truly trendy JUST A NOTE cards.




















I thank you all for following and hope to see you all again,
Truly Thankful,
Liz Terrazas

Shape up Your Scrapbooking Space w/Luisa!

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Hello Divas, Luisa here!  don't forget to add your links for :Project 12, 2011 challenge".  Chek out the link on top... Now, let's begin the new year with some little twits!  You like twists , right? What I mean for twists is...  My  posting days are Wednesdays and I have been organizing myself to create a weekly posting plan for you guys.  Having said that, please allow me to introduce my weeply posting plan for you: Week 1 - Project 12 What is Project 12?  (For those who are not familiar with it!) We create a monthly review ayout with previous month pictures (events, daily life, happenings, etc). The idea behind this project is to gather all the important happenings of one month in a 2 page layout.  This way, if you don't have time to scrapbook all the photos, that's ok, at least you will have one layout that covers the whole month.  Your family will love to see these layouts... Here is how it works: - I will provide an sketch and this year it will be mandatory to use it. - I will also include a color combination to use (the twist). - I will choose a winner every 3 months among participants who submit their 3 monthly review layouts. Week 2 - Shape up Your Scrapbooking Space! If you are a seasoned Diva, you know am an "organizational junkie".  Yes I love to have things organized and have to do lists and plans for everthing (crafty, at work and personal).  Declutering my files at the end of December, I found this article from Creating Keepsakes Magazine (from 2010):

http://www.creatingkeepsakes.com/articles/Shape_Up_Your_Scrap_Space?utm_source=Jan17_2011_CKNF&utm_medium=eletter&utm_content=OrgganizeContent&utm_campaign=Jan17_2011_CKNF

And I decided to follow this easy month by month system to help me keep my stuff organized.
Therefore, I will start posting these monthly challenges every month for you.  If you want to play with me you are more then welcome.
I will send a small RAK to each person who do each month "Shape up Your Scrapbooking Space" challenge and submit a link to their post with before and after pictures AND add a link to CSDivas Blog letting people know that you are playing our challenge.

Week 3 - Divas Sharing Our Projects! 
I will share with you how am I doing with my 2012 ongoing projects:
- P-12
- Project Life
- Art Journal
And we will love to see your creations too, so link up your projects!  We all love comments about our creations, let's share it with the CSDivas!

Week 4 - Free theme
Am leaving Week 4 as a "free theme" to post interesting, funny and creative things I found in the web.

Week 5 - Free theme (when there is a 5 week mont of course)!

How this plan sounds? My intentions are to organize my self and post interesting articles for you and to help you guys (at the same time am forcing myself) to complete your Monthly Review Layouts (P-12) and to organize our creative spaces throughout the year.

Are you with me?  Do you like the posting plan?  Please let us know!  We appreciate your feedback and love yout entries and comments...

Onto our first Shape Your Scrapbooking Challenge with the CSDivas!!!
Guess what?  I created a simple button for us! 

Am not a digi girl (don't know how to use photoshop and other photo editing programs!!) but I know how to make a button using Word, Powerpoint and Paint (all from Microsoft) and this is what came out...
If you like it, please post it in you blog and blog posts for this challenge.

Your January Missions (should you accept them) are....

1) Store Your Scraps
     Clean your desk area and put all reausable scraps in your "scraps" container.  If you
don't have a "home for your scraps" this is a good time to designate one.  You can use
an accordion folder, sterile drawers, a 3 ring binder with page protectors (one per color).  Let us know if you need ideas...

2) Take 10
    Find 10 things and put them in their space or assing them a "home".  If you do this at
least 10 days of the month, your space will be neat in tidy in no time.

3) Declutter your Desk area
    Unused supplies and papers whould be put away for use next time.  I try to do this
every time I create something, but not always I achieve it.  How many times you start
creating and use your punches, paints, stamps, pens, ribbons, buttons, etc. and you lay
eveything on your desk area?  Make it a goal to either put everything back to it's place,
right after you are done creating (best option, this way you will have a clean area
waiting for you to create!!!) or just before your next creating session (it works, but
sometimes it could de-motivate you...) You want to create not clean!!!

4) Create a Donation Station
    Find a box to put older or items you dislike.  Remember those stacks of paper you
bought and already  used inn tooo many layouts?  All lthose stickers, deco scissors,
ribbons, etc that you don't want or use anymore, could help bring a smile to a child
(hospital), elderly (resting home) or someone else.  Let's declutter our space and make
other happy!

To play along, please post a link in this post (we will post a link in a visible area for easy access).  Let me figure up how to do it... Remember, am not a digi or techy girl!

There you go... Your first mission is posted and you have 13 days to accomplish it.  Due date for this challenge is January 31st...

Hugs and blessings,

Give Thanks Card

My card for today is "Give Thanks to the Lord for He is good!"

This is my first time heat embossing.  It's not the best job done but I actually like it! 

Here is the card I made.




The stamp was one of my wood stamps I had in my drawer.  The moment I saw the stamp, I knew I wanted to heat emboss "Lord". 





I decided to use some hemp cord I bought from Walmart in the jewelry craft section.



I used glue but too much came out when I first squeezed it so I tried to fix it a little bit.  It probably would have come out better had I used my versa mark pad......but I like it.  It's not perfect but I am satisfied with the results for my first time.  I used the Reflections embossing powder in their brown bronze which turned into a bronze metallic.










I kept the card simple because I didn't want to take away from the scripture.

I distressed the plaid cardstock and used the Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles to cut out the scripture and for the matting.  I used pop dots to lift up the Scripture.

Hope you like it.  And if any one has some tips on heat embossing, please share!

Thank you.

Happy Crafting!

~Michelle

Guest DT Member Liz - Post 3

Hello Friends,

Have you taken time to craft this year? I was at my local Michael's store and found a dollar bin full of fabulous CUPCAKE wrappers. I bought a couple packs with the intentions of making great desserts. As I walked further, I saw some pre-packaged die cut flowers and of course grabbed them. THEN my crafting friends, I had a LIGHT BULB moment....

I can save money, have more choices and use my left over wrappers from past baking projects..

MAKE MY OWN DIE CUT FLOWERS USING THE CUPCAKE WRAPPERS...

I brought out my BIG Kick and Sizzix Tattered Floral die by JIM HOLTZ ~ I used 2 wrappers that I battered by folding, rolling and scrunching them up.. I made them look wrinkled then straightened them out and cut them in half to cover both the small and medium flower dies.

here are the steps and results.


















The fun and possibilities are endless...

Have a great time and make each flower your OWN...

Happy Crafting!
Liz

CSDivas Challenges Reminder

The Diva Mansion has been crawling with tons of creativity.  If you haven't stopped by in while, sit down, relax, and enjoy some wonderful talent, some challenges, excellent tips and tutorials

all in a Diva Friendly atmosphere!!!

Be sure to scroll through the newest posts to be sure

you haven't missed out on any of the fun!!!

I also wanted to share another reminder for the current Challenges here at the Divas.

Beautiful prizes up for grabs and very low entries!!!

Try it out!!!

We would love having you join the Mansion!!!

Admin Diva DT Luisa's - P-12 Challenge

P-12 Challenge with Luisa!!! 

due 1/20/12

~ GO HERE~

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 Guest Diva DT Liz's Thank You Card Challenge

Simple and Elegant Thank You's

due 1/31/12

~ GO HERE~

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Diva DT Jessica's JANUARY - Recipe Challenge

 due 1/31/12

 RECIPE:

1 - shape that doesn't have  a straight line (i.e. heart, circle, oval, scallop, etc.)

2 - colors (can be 2 different colors or 2 shades of the same color as long as these are the FOCAL colors in your creation)

2 - buttons, brads, or bling

1 - metal element/embellishment

2 - words, sentiments, or journaling spots

~GO HERE~

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Thanks for joining us!!!

Diva DT Jessica

Snow One Like You!!!!

Love this cute little card.  It took a little while to complete in between kids coming home and dinner and such!!!  But all in all, the time was well spent.  The Outlawz Sketch SC0111 was an instant "I can't wait to try that one" and the paper colors were inspired by Ribbon Carosuel Challenge - RCC35 Inspirational Pic!

The base card stock is from Recollections.  The chocolate brown is from a stack in my stash.  I stamped the Snowflake from Sweet Stamps using Cloud White VersaMagic onto the chocolate card stock.  I distressed all of the edges of each layer.  I embossed the white squares using my Snowflakes folder, then adhered some Recycled silver snowflake confetti from a gift received at Christmas.   I placed some Icy Blue 3 GirlJAM Ribbon along the bottom and added a bow after tying it with by BowEasy.  The sentiment is by Unity Stamp Co., but I am not sure what set as it was a random stamp included in a Grab Bag I purchased last month.  I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink and Embossing powder in Vintage Photo for the sentiment.

Here is the Outlawz sketch:

Here is the RCC photo inspiration:

Thanks for stopping by the Manion

and Don't Forget

to Keep On Crafting

:O)

Jessica

Blends Join Hands Blog Hop January 22, 2012

Hello Divas!!! 

It is with great pleasure and TONS of excitement that I get to announce the upcoming 

Blog Hop Celebrating my Blog, Jessica's Craft Shaque, is Turning 1!!!  

Yep, one whole year of blogging.  

I know I say this a lot, but I truly feel blessed to have met some wonderful people (you) in this journey of blogging. I have gained so much knowledge about art which has always been my passion. And now, I see opportunities that I never would have imagined were possible! 

I feel like destiny knocked at my door 5 1/2 years ago (that's when I met my dh), and just keep feeling guided down "the right path" every single day!!! 

Thank You for being part of that!!!

Please mark your calendars and join in on the fun

on January 22, 2012!

I have invited my nearest and dearest Blends (Blog + Friends) to join 

me in this celebration.  Each Blend will take one of my past creations

and let it inspire them to create a new project!

I am so excited to see what they will be making and can't wait to "party"!

 Please feel free to grab this button and display it on your blog to 

encourage your friends to join in on the fun, too.

There will be some fun prizes up for grabs along the way, and just to give you a sneak peek at

some of the candy you could win, take a look at this . . . 

I am offering not 1, not 2, but . . . 3 Unity Stamp Grab Bags to 3 lucky Hoppers!!!

It is with delight that Angela, of Unity Stamp Company 

has agreed to let me share some Unity Stamps that I recently won, with my friends!!!

 I had so much fun stamping the goody bags, with Unity Stamps of course, and 

getting them prepped to go to their new homes!!!

I used Now and Always by Ippity to decorate the gift bags and to make the tags!!!
I am entering these Grab Bags into the Unity Stamp Co. Challenge - Gift Wrapping

Look forward to seeing you there!!!

Keep Crafting

:O)
Jessica